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Joe Butterfly (1957) is an American comedy film directed by Jesse Hibbs for Universal-International and starring Audie Murphy, George Nader and Keenan Wynn, with Burgess Meredith in the title role as a Japanese man. The movie was action star Murphy's only outright comedy, and it suffered by comparison to the similar Teahouse of the August Moon, released seven months earlier.
Original Release
05/29/1957
US Release
05/29/1957
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Audie Murphy | Pvt. Joe Woodley / Private Joe Woodley |
| George Nader | Sgt. Ed Kennedy / Sergeant Ed Kennedy |
| Keenan Wynn | Harold Hathaway / Henry Hathaway |
| Keiko Shima | Chieko |
| John Agar | Sgt. Dick Mason / Sergeant Dick Mason |
| Charles McGraw | Sgt. Jim McNulty / Sergeant Jim McNulty |
| Fred Clark | Col. E.E. Fuller / Colonel E.E. Fuller |
| Shinpei Shimazaki | Boku / Little Boy |
| Reiko Higa | False Tokyo Rose |
| Tatsuo Saitô | Sakayama / Father |
Directors
Writers
Sy Gomberg, Jack Sher, Marion Hargrove, Evan Wylie, Jack Ruge
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Audie Murphy | Pvt. Joe Woodley / Private Joe Woodley |
| George Nader | Sgt. Ed Kennedy / Sergeant Ed Kennedy |
| Keenan Wynn | Harold Hathaway / Henry Hathaway |
| Keiko Shima | Chieko |
| John Agar | Sgt. Dick Mason / Sergeant Dick Mason |
| Charles McGraw | Sgt. Jim McNulty / Sergeant Jim McNulty |
| Fred Clark | Col. E.E. Fuller / Colonel E.E. Fuller |
| Shinpei Shimazaki | Boku / Little Boy |
| Reiko Higa | False Tokyo Rose |
| Tatsuo Saitô | Sakayama / Father |
| Chizu Shimazaki | Mother |
| Herbert Anderson | Maj. Ferguson / Major Ferguson |
| Eddie Firestone | Sgt. Oscar Hulick / Sergeant Oscar Hulick |
| Frank Chase | Yeo. Saul Bernheim / Chief Yeoman Saul Bernheim |
| Harold Goodwin | Col. Hopper / Colonel Hopper |
| Willard W. Willingham | Soldier |
| Burgess Meredith | Joe Butterfly |
| Chuck Barnes | Reporter |
| Mike Connors | Reporter |
| Ian Dunlop | Reporter |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Aaron Rosenberg | Producer |
